Measuring device



D. G. LORRAINE. MEASURING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED OCT. 23, 1918.

1,401,913. Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

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DAVID G. LGRRAINE, 0F TAET, CALIFORNIA.

MEASURING DEVICE.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 23, 1918. Serial no. 258,376.

invention, such as will enable others skilled,

in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to measuring de vices, and more particularly to a device especially adapted formeasuring the depth of wells and for similar purposes.

One of the main objects of the invention is to provide a device of the character stated of simple construction and operation by means of which the depth of a well to be measured-may be readily and quickly ascertained. V

A. further object is to provide av device in which a measuring wheel may be actuated by a cable lowered into the well, this measuring wheel serving to operate a suitable meter, means being provided whereby rotation of the measuring wheel may be accurately controlled so as to stop operation of the meter at any desired time.

Further objects will appear from the detailed description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side view of a measuring device constructed in accordance with my invention as applied,

Fig. 2 is a top plan view,

Fig. 3 is a front view, and

Fig. 1- is a detail of theregistering instrument or meter.

In carrying my invention into effect, I employ a substantially U-shaped supporting frame 1, having the forwardly projecting spaced parallel arms 2 and 3, this frame being provided with a rearwardly extending handle a formed integral therewith. A grooved wheel or sheave v5 is rotatably supported between the arms '2 and 3, adjacent the inner ends thereof, this wheel being provided with a substantially flattened V shapcd peripheral groove 6, which is adapted to snugly receive a cable 7 by means of which the drilling tools or weight member may be lowered into the well to be measured, In this manner, the operating Wheel 5 may be held in engagement with the cable 7 so as to be rotated thereby when the cable is lowered into the well.

Wheel 5 acts to operate a registering instrument or meter 8, which is secured on a substantially L-shaped bracket projectframe 1. This meter may be of any suitable or standard constructiom'and is connected directly to the supporting shaft of wheel 5,

so as to be operated thereby when the wheel is rotated, as will be readily understood. The meter is provided with suitable observation openings through which be displayed numbers for indicating the number of feet through which cable 7 has been moved, a suitable indicating disk 10 being mounted on the outer face of the casing of the meter 8, and graduated in opposite directions from diametrically opposite points from zero to eleven, these 'graduations representing inch marks. This disk is so connected to the wheel 5 as to be moved through a complete rotation for each rotation of the wheel, this wheel being two feet in circumference. The meter is so constructed as to have the numbers displayed through the observation Patented Dec. 27, rear.

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opening thereof increased'two points for each rotation of the wheel, the disk and the indicating mechanism of the meter thus cooperating to permit the distance through which cable 7 has been moved to be readily and accurately determined. The rotary disk 10 operates with relation to a register marl: 11 in the form of an arrow on the outer face of the casing of .the meter 8, so as to permit the number of inches through which this disk has been turned to be ac-' curatel determined. This meter may, as stated, be of any suitable or preferred construction, though a meter having means for indication accurately in feet and inches the distance throu h which cable 7 "has been moved is preferred.

A brake head 12 is supported adiacent the periphery of wheel 5 by a. shank 13, the

outer end of which is hin'gedly secured, as

at 1 1, to handle 4:. This headis provided on 1 is its inner face, with an arcuateshoe 1:"), which is so shaped as to fit snugly between the lateral flanges 5 and 5 of wheel5. when the head 12 is depressed, thus exerting a braking effect upon the wheel so as to positively stop rotation thereof. This head is:

the brakezhead 12 is positioned V ;theinner endoi handled, so as to be readily operated by exerting downward normally held in raised or inoperative position by a bent leaf spring 16, secured to the upper face of the base of U member 1-, as at 17, and engaging the. under face of shank, 13, adjacent the head. As will be. more clearly noted from F igs, "1 and 2 of the drawings,

pressure with the thumb on shank 13. In this man ner, rotation of wheel 5 may be easlly and accurately controlled while grasping the handle at in the ordinary manner thus permitting thewheeltobe locked against rotation assoon as the weight or tool supported by cable 7 at the lower end thereof strikes the bottom of the'well so as to slack thefcahle on the pick up of the weight,

thus insuring accurate measuring oi the depth of the well. Also, this renders it possible to stop the rotation of wheel 5 when the cableis being lowered, if desired, so as to measure accurately the distance between any two given determining the depth or thickness of any stratum, of materials encountered during thejboring or drilling of the W611.

1 It will be evident that there may be slight changes made in the construction and arrangement of the difierent parts of my in? vention without departing from the -field and scope of the same, andlintend to includel all such variations, as fall within thescopeof the appended claims, in this application in which a preferred form only otmy invention is disclosed;

adjacent said brake resting onandw I lateral points uponthe cable, as for.

bracket and away from the spring to permit adjustment of its tension and a register adapted to be operated by the wheel. 2, In a measuring device, a handle bifurcated to provide arms. a wheel rotatably supported between the arms having its peripheral edge grooved to receivea cable, a

brake pivoted on thehandle for depression by the hand grasping thehandle, said brake extending into the groove to prevent undue strain on the pivot and aispringto normally able away from the spring to permit adjustment of its tension, a bracket integral wlth-and projecting laterally from one of the arms, and a register supported on said operated by the wheel.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

VVitnesses; 1

T. M. McCRARY, H. O, Knssmn;

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